biotechnology

biotechnology

: the use of living cells, bacteria, etc., to make useful products (such as crops that insects are less likely to destroy or new kinds of medicine)

Full Definition of BIOTECHNOLOGY

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: the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial products (as pest resistant crops, new bacterial strains, or novel pharmaceuticals); also: any of various applications of biological science used in such manipulation

First Known Use of BIOTECHNOLOGY

Other Microbiology Terms

biotechnology

nounbio·tech·nol·o·gy \-tek-ˈnäl-ə-jē\(Medical Dictionary)

pluralbio·tech·nol·o·gies

Medical Definition of BIOTECHNOLOGY

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: the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial products (as novel pharmaceuticals); also: any of various applications of biological science used in such manipulation